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FJP behavioral civil-liberties record — the Dec 2012 Itihadiya Palace detentions: FJP Deputy Secretary Essam al-Erian called on air for protesters to be "arrested," and Brotherhood/FJP members detained and beat 49 anti-Morsi protesters at a makeshift center (a police report records "youth from the Freedom and Justice Party" handed them over). Documented by Human Rights Watch (12 Dec 2012).
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Egypt 2012-12-05 Tier 2 — primary or translation
Party: Freedom and Justice Party
Original source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/12/egypt-investigate-brotherhoods-abuse-protesters
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During the clashes on the evening of December 5, FJP Deputy Secretary Essam al-Erian gave a live television interview, saying, “Everyone must go now to Ettihadiya and surround the thugs and separate the real revolutionaries out for one or two nights and then we can arrest them all.”
Alleged Muslim Brotherhood and FJP members and supporters took 49 anti-Morsy protesters to a makeshift detention center at the Ettihadiya gate. They were beaten and otherwise mistreated on the way and at the detention site.
A police report filed by the Masr Gedida police station obtained by human rights lawyer Taher Abul Nasr records that “youth from the Freedom and Justice Party handed the detainees over to the station.” English translation
[Source is in English; this field holds editorial context, not a translation.] Behavioral conduct-axis record of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) — the political party of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the party of President Mohamed Morsi — on civil-liberties / democracy. (The Tayyar dataset has no separate Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood entity; FJP is its party-level representation, and Human Rights Watch names FJP leaders and members directly here.) On 5–6 December 2012, after protests against Morsi's 22 November constitutional declaration, Brotherhood/FJP supporters broke up an anti-Morsi sit-in outside the Ettihadiya presidential palace and detained at least 49 protesters at a makeshift detention center, where they were beaten and mistreated. HRW urged the public prosecutor to "investigate Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) leaders who publicly called for their supporters to arrest anti-Morsy protesters." The detentions occurred at the palace gates in the presence of riot police, raising concerns the presidency was aware and did nothing to stop them. [Axes: civil-liberties (behavioral), democracy.]
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(Freedom and Justice Party, 2012) Freedom and Justice Party. (2012). FJP behavioral civil-liberties record — the Dec 2012 Itihadiya Palace detentions: FJP Deputy Secretary Essam al-Erian called on air for protesters to be "arrested," and Brotherhood/FJP members detained and beat 49 anti-Morsi protesters at a makeshift center (a police report records "youth from the Freedom and Justice Party" handed them over). Documented by Human Rights Watch (12 Dec 2012).. hrw.org. Retrieved June 22, 2026, from https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/12/egypt-investigate-brotherhoods-abuse-protesters
Freedom and Justice Party. 2012. "FJP behavioral civil-liberties record — the Dec 2012 Itihadiya Palace detentions: FJP Deputy Secretary Essam al-Erian called on air for protesters to be "arrested," and Brotherhood/FJP members detained and beat 49 anti-Morsi protesters at a makeshift center (a police report records "youth from the Freedom and Justice Party" handed them over). Documented by Human Rights Watch (12 Dec 2012).." hrw.org. Accessed June 22, 2026. https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/12/egypt-investigate-brotherhoods-abuse-protesters.
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